A mother shares the story of how her son was radicalized and joined ISIS, and experts share their thoughts on how to counter recruitment efforts by terror groups.

Losing a Child to Extremism

June 02, 2016

What happens when your child joins a radical Islamic group? Christianne Boudreau discusses how her son was recruited to fight with ISIS in Syria, how she found out, and what she's doing now to support families who have lost children to extremism.

Thou Shalt Not Tell A Lie is a new quiz on Interfaith Voices. Two statements are false; one is true. It's up to you to figure out which is which. Vote here on the statement you think is correct!

For this week's quiz, we turn to one of the latest political battlegrounds: the bathroom! Specifically, we're referring to efforts to block transgender people from using public bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity-- a debate that's sometimes been framed by religious beliefs.

So, which of these statements is true about religious views of the transgender community?

1. Southern Baptists surprised the Evangelical world by creating a special re-naming ceremony for Baptists coming out as a new gender.

2. Hinduism has long recognized a gender category that is neither male or female, called the "fourth gender."

3. The nation of Iran, a Muslim country where homosexuality is outlawed, is a top destination for gender reassignment surgery.